Reatha
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,624since 1893
Reatha over time
Rank among girls' names. Reatha has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
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| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,460 | 45 |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 49 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 |
| 1948 | #1,358 | 46 |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 49 |
| 1944 | #1,175 | 45 |
| 1943 | #1,327 | 38 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1938 | #1,079 | 44 |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 |
| 1930 | #1,031 | 51 |
| 1929 | #1,064 | 47 |
| 1928 | #1,061 | 50 |
| 1927 | #874 | 72 |
| 1926 | #879 | 71 |
| 1925 | #960 | 60 |
| 1924 | #1,017 | 57 |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1922 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1921 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1920 | #872 | 69 |
| 1919 | #1,103 | 44 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 |
| 1915 | #944 | 49 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #932 | 22 |
| 1910 | #859 | 25 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Reatha! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Reatha is popular in 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#345 · 1 in 3,117
- Tennessee#471 · 1 in 6,419
Best ever in a state: #264 in Florida, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #345 | 8 | 1 in 3,117 |
| Tennessee | #471 | 5 | 1 in 6,419 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Reatha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1907 (#1,321 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 606 spots in 1901 (#860 → #1,466)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1910 at #859 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1909–1911
- Highest: 1 in 15,778 girls born in 1900 were named Reatha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #859 in 1910, was only 1 in 15,860 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.4% of all girls named Reatha (587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | #983 (1899) | #1,228 |
| 1900s | 131 | #860 (1900) | #1,086 |
| 1910s | 376 | #859 (1910) | #1,001 |
| 1920s | 587 | #872 (1920) | #981 |
| 1930s | 441 | #1,022 (1936) | #1,070 |
| 1940s | 422 | #1,101 (1941) | #1,291 |
| 1950s | 394 | #1,332 (1951) | #1,660 |
| 1960s | 184 | #1,925 (1960) | #3,200 |
| 1970s | 51 | #4,761 (1970) | #7,148 |
| 1980s | 10 | #10,517 (1982) | #11,158 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,442 (1993) | #13,442 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Reatha in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 36,718 of them was named Reatha, which outranked 75.3% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,305Versie39
- #1,305Vinnie39
- #1,305Willetta39
- #1,327Reatha38
- #1,327Allison38
- #1,327Bettylou38
- #1,327Cruz38
- #1,342Coralee37
- #1,342Deloise37
- #1,342Erlene37
Tied with 14 names at #1,327; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.